Lynne Stewart was shocked when she was arrested. At first she thought her husband, a well known activist, was having some trouble with the police. "No," they said, "we want you."
Thousands take to the streets against right wing Raffarin government
The Orthodox Church, sexual abuse, drug dealers and spies
In contrast to claims by George Bush and Tony Blair, the most likely outcome of the Iraq elections will be to fuel opposition to the occupation and exacerbate divisions between the various ethnic and religious […]
After only a few days, the sham of the Iraqi ‘elections’ became evident as Iraq was shaken by a renewed wave of bombings and violent attacks on government officials and the occupation forces. As each […]
The 2005 Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) conference was held last weekend, following Tommy Sheridan’s resignation as party leader in November 2004.
King Gyanendra’s coup in Nepal, on 1 February, is “likely to strengthen the Maoist insurgents and make Nepal’s civil war even more intensive”, according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels think-tank.
On Saturday 12 February, nearly 300 demonstrations took place in 77 regions across the whole of Russia, at the same time.
US v EU power and profits conflict
A struggle for basic union rights
The Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, Robert McCartney’s killing and the attempt to cover it up, and then the allegations about the multi-million pound criminal empire run by the IRA have put the leadership of […]
The G8 (Group of Eight) is comprised of the leaders of eight of the richest nations in the world: USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and, from 1998, Russia.
La amenaza de la contra revolución ha levantado cabeza una vez mas en Venezuela cuando la lucha entre la y la reacción pareciera estar entrando a una nueva fase. Tras la reelección de Bush el […]
Talks paralysed as elections loom
Socialist Party Amendment to the Fine Gael Private Members’ Motion on Northern Ireland
But Labour leaders participate in government’s sham ‘conference’
Capitalist parties clash but no workers’ alternative
Six MPs for Red-Green Alliance in otherwise flat elections
The Scottish Socialist Party conference meets this weekend in the aftermath of Tommy Sheridan’s resignation as SSP convener.
Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (pronounced "Chin-a-what") and his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party are on course for a crushing parliamentary majority following the elections in Thailand on Sunday 6 February.
Socialist Party member in British public sector union, UNISON, comes second in General Secretary election campaign.
"Demonstrations are escalating. From yesterday morning until today, homeless people in the East of the Island occupied the main road from Ampara all the way up to Batticaloa.
In a freezing and windy Stockholm, 1,500 people met up for this year’s demonstration on International Women’s Day, 8 March.
Who was responsible and what we should remember?
Just two days after the half-term holidays ended for all school students the streets of France filled with school students striking and demonstrating against the education ‘reform’.
eyewitness report from the Pakisani province of Baluchistan
The sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz has produced a plethora of TV and radio documentaries, newspaper features and statements from leading politicians.
The following is a transcript of their exchange:
"More than 50 million [U.S.] workers don’t have a union but want one. Few workers are able to join unions and their strength is divided … into separate unions instead of building their strength in […]
Bush and Blair have been quick to hail the elections in Iraq as a "victory for democracy" and a vindication of their brutal occupation of Iraq, but this was largely for public consumption.
Lahore. More than 50 people came to the solidarity demonstration organised by the SMP, the CWI section in Pakistan. All the main trade unions had representatives at the demonstration.
Dear collegues,
Why workers should oppose Bush’s privatization plan
What lies behind attempts to reach a ceasefire?
Mass action needed to stop the Bush offensive
The threat of counter revolution has once again raised its head in Venezuela as the struggle between revolution and reaction seems to be entering a new phase.
Successful picket of Israeli Embassy in London
Memoirs of Malaysian communist guerrilla leader holds many lessons for today
While Aceh on the northern edge of Sumatra has registered nearly two thirds of the total death toll from the Asian tsunami, the Acehnese so far have received only 30 per cent of UN food […]
From four hours before young people in their thousands streamed towards the Gigantinho ("Little Giant") stadium in the sweltering Summer heat.
International appeal
Neusiedler/Mondi bussiness paper SCP a.s. takes legal action against workers involved in setting up a trade union.
On the weekend of the undemocratic elections in Iraq that are meant to legalise the occupation of the country, International Socialist Resistance (ISR) and Socialist Students organised a protest in London outside the headquarters of […]
МОЯ РЕЧЬ ПЕРЕД СУДОМ (Заседание 4/17 октября 1907 г.) Господа судьи и господа сословные представители! Предметом судебного разбирательства, как и предметом предварительного дознания, является, главным образом, вопрос о вооруженном восстании, – вопрос, который за 50 […]
"The grotesque picture of devastation is slowly emerging and haunting us. The real brunt of the tsunami was taken by the eastern part of the island. The principal town, Pottuvil, has seen the worst disaster […]
What are the prospects for Cuba today?
Айнур Курмано К СТОЛЕТИЮ ПЕРВОЙ РУССКОЙ РЕВОЛЮЦИИ 1905 – 1907 гг. Девятого января 2005 года исполняется сто лет со дня начала первой русской революции 1905 – 1907 годов, овеянной славой и героическим подвигом пролетариата впервые […]
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’Lula traitor’, ’Lula your place is in Davos’. These were just some of the chants on the 3,000 strong protest which greeted Brazilian president Lula at the fifth World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, […]
Protestas de los pensionados se extienden por el país
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